Posted on: March 13, 2019 Posted by: Rebecca Took Comments: 0

Rebecca Took: “‘Buy, Buy, Baby’: the commercialisation of International Women’s Day”

‘Buy, Buy, Baby’: the Commercialisation of International Women’s Day March 13, 2019 By REBECCA TOOK Friday, March 8, was International Women’s Day 2019. If the slew of Facebook posts, tweets, Instagram photos and shared articles hadn’t already caught my attention, there was also an email from Flixbus (the coach company) addressed, “To all the strong, amazing women out there”, saying, “we recognise and appreciate you all. Treat the women in…

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Posted on: March 12, 2019 Posted by: John Wimperis Comments: 0

Amsterdam Women’s March Highlights Diversity of Feminism

Women in Amsterdam March for Equality Tuesday, March 12, 2019 By CARA RAKER and JOHN WIMPERIS On Saturday, March 9, 2019, one day after International Women’s Day, thousands gathered at Dam Square to attend the official Women’s March of 2019. The march began at 12:30 pm and ended roughly around 3 pm at Museumplein, where several speakers had been invited to share their stories. The organizers, Women’s March NL, emphasized…

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Posted on: March 11, 2019 Posted by: Katarina Milovic Comments: 0

Students take the stage at SIS Empowerment

The SIS Empowerment: Students Take the Stage So many hours are spent yearly on a final thesis which will determine whether you will graduate from the university programme which you’ve put so much hard work into for years. But does anyone actually end up reading the paper that determines their future, except for the professor grading it and/or the friend evaluating it prior to submission? By KATARINA MILOVIC The graphic…

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Posted on: March 9, 2019 Posted by: Rebecca Took Comments: 0

Positioning Ballet: Within Wider Cultural Conversations

Positioning Ballet: Within Wider Cultural Conversations This is part 4 of a 4-part series on the ‘Positioning Ballet’ Working Conference, hosted by the Dutch National Ballet, February 16 and 17 By REBECCA TOOK We are all born into a multiplicity of cultures: some fixed, others adopted – so why does ballet reflect relatively little of what we all carry and embody in our lives? For Theresa Ruth Howard, founder of MoBBallet…

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Posted on: March 9, 2019 Posted by: Rebecca Took Comments: 0

Positioning Ballet: Ballet’s Own #MeToo

Positioning Ballet: Ballet’s Own #MeToo This is part 3 of a series inspired by the ‘Positioning Ballet’ Working Conference, hosted by the Dutch National Ballet, February 16 and 17. March 09, 2019 By REBECCA TOOK The ballet world might not like to consider itself a microcosm; preferring instead to see itself as an exemplum of what human endeavor and artistry can achieve, but in regards to sexual misconduct, it is…

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Posted on: March 8, 2019 Posted by: Flo McQuibban Comments: 0

The Creatives Series: Cultural Criticism and Fiction with Bre Sanders

Cultural Criticism and Fiction with Bre Sanders Breone Natalia Sanders, who goes by Bre, is a 30-year-old graduate student from Atlanta, Georgia. She is pursuing a master’s degree in Comparative Literature at the University of Amsterdam. Identifying as a black woman, a black feminist, an African American, a writer, and a black writer, Bre is the second face of the Amsterdam Creatives series, publishing in The Amsterdammer every Friday for…

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